thanks. it worked! regards irfan
From: Shekar <c.shekar1...@gmail.com> To: Irfan Sayed <irfan_sayed2...@yahoo.com> Cc: Jim Gibson <jimsgib...@gmail.com>; Perl Beginners <beginners@perl.org> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 12:23 PM Subject: Re: insert in perl tk Try this. $t->insert("end", &gettime); -- Shekar On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Irfan Sayed <irfan_sayed2...@yahoo.com> wrote: i have to call localtime () function to get the latest time everytime when i print the lines using insert method >i mean , i need to print the latest time in scrolled text box > >lets say : > >use Tk; >$mw = MainWindow->new(); >my $t = $mw->Scrolled("Text")->pack (-side => 'left', -expand=>1); >$t->insert("end", "$c = \&gettime"); > >sub gettime >{ > $c = localtime(); >return $c; >} > >so whenever i call insert method , it shud call function gettime and print the >latest time in the text box > >please suggest > >regards >irfan > > > > > >________________________________ > From: Jim Gibson <jimsgib...@gmail.com> >To: Perl Beginners <beginners@perl.org> >Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 11:13 AM > >Subject: Re: insert in perl tk > > > >On Aug 23, 2012, at 9:35 PM, Irfan Sayed wrote: > >> thanks. this will help to print the contents of array on separate line. >> however, if at all we need to call function then what is the syntax, how we >> can call that ? > >What function do you want to call? When do you want to call it? What does the >function have to do with the array you want to print? What does it have to do >with Tk? > >> >> please suggest . > >Please let us know in more detail what you are trying to do. > >Thanks. > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org >For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org >http://learn.perl.org/